“Gazza was a surprise for the staff playing in the game,” a source told the Mirror.

“He was a special guest organised by Peter Beardsley and he looked well, fit and tanned when he turned up with his family.

“He really enjoyed the game and it was great to see him back. But he sustained an injury and it looked like he had broken his arm.

“He went from the ground to the nearest hospital, and it was just bad luck really.

“Obviously everyone hopes he is well, and wishes him a speedy recovery.”

The fallen England hero endured a rotten 2013 which began with him nearly dying in rehab in the States, saw him fall off the wagon several times after drying out and even drunkenly assaulting a railway worker.

But he joked with fans on Twitter the run of bad luck was due to 13 in the year - his unlucky number - and he has looked to be in good health in recent months.

He was seen several weeks ago with his old Spurs playing pal Gary Mabbutt in Bournemouth, where he now has a flat.

In February, 2013, Mabbutt and other friends of Gazza raised £100,000 to send him to Cottonwood rehab clinic in Arizona, and he managed to stay sober for nearly four months afterwards.

But last July he was filmed downing a bottle of gin in an off licence and was later fined £1,000 after he admitted assaulting a security guard and being drunk on a train platform.

In September he was seen drunkenly blowing £4,000 on bets as he stumbled around his local gambling shop, dropping wads of £20 notes on the floor.

And in a heart-breaking documentary Being Paul Gascoigne he claimed that he might be better off dead.

But the ex-England, Spurs and Rangers star now has regular treatment from a centre close to his home in Bournemouth.